Falha global da Microsoft atinge 74 países e pressiona a empresa

A Microsoft_OFFICIALXJGTI deixou de atender Outlook, Teams e Copilot a partir de quinta-feira, according com as três publications que acompanharam o incident. Blockonomi e The Cryptonomist informou que os reports de the outage reached 74 countries. The extent of the disruption reached beyond individual users, affecting email, collaboration and AI-related services used by companies and public administrations.

The effects included government email and Microsoft 365 connectors used by ChatGPT and Claude, Cointelegraph reported. Blockonomi also identified banks, governments and courts among the affected institutions, while The Cryptonomist described interruptions to email and collaboration tools for businesses and governments worldwide. These reports show that the incident affected both direct Microsoft products and workflows connected to its platform.

Microsoft began a broader patch rollout on Friday as recovery work continued, according to Cointelegraph. The supplied coverage does not provide a complete restoration schedule, the precise cause of the outage or a final count of affected users. It nevertheless indicates that remediation was being distributed broadly rather than limited to a single service or region.

The market response was also negative. Blockonomi reported that Microsoft shares were down about 2% in Friday premarket trading, putting the stock on course for its lowest close since Nov. 2 and its worst week since the week ending July 24. This was the only outlet in the group to provide the share-price and historical trading context; Cointelegraph and The Cryptonomist focused on the operational reach of the interruption.

For crypto markets, the outage coincided with broad weakness rather than an asset-specific event, and no coin was named in the coverage. Total crypto market capitalization stood at $2.41 trillion, Bitcoin was down 4.01% over 24 hours and the Fear & Greed index stood at 20, labeled Extreme Fear. The immediate watchpoints are the completion of Microsoft’s patch rollout, the extent to which connected services regain normal operation and any additional operational or financial details disclosed by the company.